S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7146
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 2, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during preg-
nancy
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the
insurance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as
follows:
(C) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH FOR CARE AND TREATMENT
DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS FOR NOT LESS THAN:
(I) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND ONCE BETWEEN SIXTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR
WEEKS; AND
(II) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM SIXTEEN THROUGH
TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) A HISTORY OF EARLY DELIVERY BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS
IN ANY PRIOR PREGNANCY; (II) A HISTORY OF ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE,
INCLUDING OFFICE PROCEDURES, PERFORMED ON THEIR CERVIX, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO LEEP AND CONE BIOPSY; (III) MULTIFETAL PREGNANCIES; (IV)
A PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL WITH A UTERINE UNIFICATION DEFECT, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO BICORNUATE, SEPTATE OR UNICORNUATE UTERUS, OR ANY CONGEN-
ITAL STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF A KIDNEY; AND (V) A HISTORY OF PRIOR DELIVERY
OCCURRING AT OR NEAR TERM BY CESAREAN AFTER OBSTRUCTED LABOR.
§ 2. Paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
(C) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH FOR CARE AND TREATMENT
DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS FOR NOT LESS THAN:
(I) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND ONCE BETWEEN SIXTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR
WEEKS; AND
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(II) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM SIXTEEN THROUGH
TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) A HISTORY OF EARLY DELIVERY BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS
IN ANY PRIOR PREGNANCY; (II) A HISTORY OF ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE,
INCLUDING OFFICE PROCEDURES, PERFORMED ON THEIR CERVIX, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO LEEP AND CONE BIOPSY; (III) MULTIFETAL PREGNANCIES; (IV)
A PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL WITH A UTERINE UNIFICATION DEFECT, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO BICORNUATE, SEPTATE OR UNICORNUATE UTERUS, OR ANY CONGEN-
ITAL STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF A KIDNEY; AND (V) A HISTORY OF PRIOR DELIVERY
OCCURRING AT OR NEAR TERM BY CESAREAN AFTER OBSTRUCTED LABOR.
§ 3. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
(D) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH FOR CARE AND TREATMENT
DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS FOR NOT LESS THAN:
(I) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND ONCE BETWEEN SIXTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR
WEEKS; AND
(II) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM SIXTEEN THROUGH
TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) A HISTORY OF EARLY DELIVERY BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS
IN ANY PRIOR PREGNANCY; (II) A HISTORY OF ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE,
INCLUDING OFFICE PROCEDURES, PERFORMED ON THEIR CERVIX, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO LEEP AND CONE BIOPSY; (III) MULTIFETAL PREGNANCIES; (IV)
A PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL WITH A UTERINE UNIFICATION DEFECT, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO BICORNUATE, SEPTATE OR UNICORNUATE UTERUS, OR ANY CONGEN-
ITAL STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF A KIDNEY; AND (V) A HISTORY OF PRIOR DELIVERY
OCCURRING AT OR NEAR TERM BY CESAREAN AFTER OBSTRUCTED LABOR.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such date.